Third party

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...importance until such relatively modern developments as the emergence of life insurance, many systems of contract law have encountered difficulty in working out the relationship between the third party and the underlying contract. English law took the view that, as a rule, a person cannot acquire a right on a contract to which he is not a party. Some of the problems posed are difficult...

A security interest proves its legal value when under attack by third parties. If it is to fulfill its function of guaranteeing to the lender preferential satisfaction of his claim, the charged goods must be immunized as much as possible against the rights of other persons. The third party is frequently a person who has unknowingly purchased charged goods: borrowers in financial straits may be...

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